is YA Dying? It seems that most of the Avatars are Blank and the Askers have less than 100 points is this?

Question

proof that YA punished all the Good Askers and all that is left is Trolls and trashers? Are some of these avatars the Golden groups os askers from months ago that have been burned and now just get weekly accounts to blast away? Or is this now just a forum for disinformation and destruction? I think YA is doomed. What is your Opinion?

Answer 1

Yahoo Staff continued to play "GOD" with everyone, perhaps it was a unhappy Yahoo employee that was just getting back at his bosses for whatever reason, but it has convinced several key Yahoo Answerers to depart for more interesting Q&A sites, and Google recently closed down their site because they were charging people to answer questions, however, there is a good chance that Google will restart their Q&A site and soon, and set it up along the lines as that of Yahoo, but slightly different so as not to violate any copyright laws.



When I signed onto to the Yahoo site, I found that there were several very interesting questions worth my time in answering, and I also enjoyed asking questions as I got some really very interesting answers, now, this isn't the case, not at all!



I find that when I ask a question, I get 20 answers and of those 20 answers, about 18 are very silly, with two being straight forward, logical and to the point. The other 18 answers are from young people who think they know the answers and submit them or they are just putting anything in the blank spaces so they can get the two points before going on to the next question. Whenever any Q&A site revolves into this stage, then that site is doomed to fail.



Another thing that may have turned off several of the intelligent people on this site forcing them to go somewhere elese is that Yahoo Staff was allowing internet porno pictures to be displayed openly on these sites, even though they constantly claim that this site is "family oriented" and safe for children to view!



This is fine for an adult site, but not for young children to view while surfing the Yahoo site.



You enjoy surfing, and I assume your living in S. Calif, I used to live in La Jolla and surf all along the coast, Bird Rock, Malibue, Crows Point and pacific Beach, La Jolla Shores and even down in Baja, where some really great waves come in during storms far out at sea.

Answer 2

on the contrary, it means that there are more new ya users. well, quantity of users directly affects the number of trolls and trashers. So as we grow in numbers, so do they. in the "forum of disinformation and destruction" matter, i think that is where the more responsible group of ya users should come in. we can always report abuses, can't we? the same way freedom (in any sense) is won and guarded, so should we to prevent the disinformation and destruction and the doom of ya.



i myself do not have an avatar and just above 100 points. but that is not an indication that im a troll or trasher. it is just a matter of not being able to answer that much...

Answer 3

Is YA dying? I would hope not. In my personal opinion this is a very good forum which allows for free public expression, but it has limits and set backs. It seems as if many people are posting here merely to get points and to reach a higher level, etc, kind of thing.



As for me I look for the better postings to read, but when you have a busy work schedule you don't have the time to browse through thousands of comments (questions) and one would like to find good/quality questions with good answers to read. This forum should exist to enlighten people and to give them new views on the world.



Public opinion and input is good, because the press will not publish everything!



YA needs to have a better categorizing system and users should on their profiles say who they are or post some information about themselves, so readers will have some way to judge the merits of some these postings.



Say, you were doing a posting about fire safety and your profile said that you were the fire department chief of xyz county in xyz state. That would help readers get a handle on the authority that a question or answer rest.

Answer 4

I get the impression that Yahoo has given up on answers. They really don't make anything off it, and since you lose everything when they suspend your account, that only has to happen a couple of times before you give up and stop coming back. How many times can you lose your e-mail, bookmarks and the rest before you just go somewhere else? They're chasing everyone away with these unfair suspensions, and it's happening to both sides. Protesting violations does you no good and complaining to the Yahoo girls is a waste of time. I get the feeling that the Yahoo girls are there because they can't be trusted to do anything else.

Answer 5

It has become much too tame. It was a lot more fun when the site was loaded with opinionated hotheads like John Skerry and Nickolasrage. Now the site seems mostly used by kids, as most questions and answers just sound like schoolyard banter.

Answer 6

Y/a is dead.The ones who speak of oppression will gang up on any answer that doesn't agree with theirs and report it.The YA system itself is broken,allowing no rational discourse.The only way to fix it is to remove that damnable "report abuse"button altogether,This is nothing more than a spam outlet for the far left and right.I rarely contribute anymore.One girl had a question/rant about how Bush was going to stop freedom of speech and "tightly control the Internet"I wasn't rude,just simply didn't agree.She "blocked"me.I logged in with another account.Guess what the very next question asked by this "champion"of freedom of speech?..."Why can I only block 200 people?"Ironic,isn't it?200 people?My gawd,I have no one blocked.She already had 200?The free speech advocates have destroyed free speech,they mean "free speech for them and damn anyone else".Y/A is absolutely,utterly useless.this is a kinder garden joke,and I

ll likely not contribute in religion or politics.Too much cronyism.I'll stick to astronomy and physics.There aren't any hateful report abuse jihadists there.The community moderation system imploded YA.Those who wish to debate don't report abuse so much)I don't) but that leaves us eliminated while the extremists have no constraint on silencing opposing views

Answer 7

No, its because people of different factions gang together, and report people that don't necessarily deserve to be reported because they have different beliefs, resulting in account suspended. And I think YA is already doomed, real folks that exchange real ideas get stifled, so they go away rather than put up with the BS.

Answer 8

The top accounts are fully protected,level <3> on its hard to maintain if you ask questions not just play games,real questions get you deleted quick.level <1> starts are common.and yes that pisses of the avatars are not active anymore and most are under suspicion of being TERRORIST ,lol,,,thats yahoo for ya....chow...freepress<2>

Answer 9

I have noticed that lately there are a lot of new faces or no faces who seem to be trashers -they also tend to misrepresent facts or outright lie - and personally I have been coming here less and less

Answer 10

DONT WORRY JUST BELIEVE IN A THING CALLED LOVE!!!